Leadership Development

Tweet I write this post aboard a cruise ship merely minutes after disembarking and already the cruise director is imploring all guests to, “Leave their worries behind and have a FUN time!” This is easy to do while on vacation sailing the Caribbean seas, but challenging to do during our habitual professional and personal...Read More »

Tweet You’ve heard of the Dale Carnegie course, but should you take it? Many successful people—from Dr. Sanjay Gupta to Warren Buffet, attribute their success to the Effective Communications and Human Relations skills taught in this course. View more famous graduates. Here are five questions to ask yourself to determine if you should take...Read More »

Tweet If life is a song, the lyrics are communication. Here are three steps to significantly improve workplace communication and ultimately empower employees. 1. Ensure Internal Information Is Accessible and Inspirational Despite today’s technologically utopian environment, information is often times poorly organized and/or unavailable to employees. This can be particularly frustrating for newer employees. If...Read More »

Tweet A recent Fortune article highlights one Olympian’s ability to turn stress into strength—and ultimate success. Emily Hughes was able to overcome obstacles of stress by following principles that exemplify Dale Carnegie’s formula for overcoming worry which is: Live in “day-tight compartments.” Growing up, Emily’s dad always emphasized that she was a “student-athlete” and that “student” came...Read More »

Tweet At Dale Carnegie, we believe that by working hard on personal and professional development, you can be taught how to be a good leader. Leadership is about how to connect, communicate and collaborate with the people around you. These are skills, and while they may come easier to one person over another, skills,...Read More »

Tweet Being a leader is about exemplifying the values and activities that inspire and encourage others to action. At Dale Carnegie, we are based on the truth of one man’s belief in the power of self-improvement. One of the best ways to promote and encourage self-improvement is to face your biggest weaknesses. In the...Read More »

Tweet We talk a lot about how to be successful, be a good leader and make a change in the world and in your future. Dale Carnegie has left many wise messages on how to communicate, how to relate to people and how to create good habits. So with that in mind, it’s always intriguing to...Read More »

Tweet You’ve probably heard, “The key to success is not hard working but smart working.” Many of us (if we’re honest) find ourselves busy, but not necessarily more successful. Cammi Pham’s article on Business Insider highlights several key qualities that are keeping you from success. Most notably, napping, saying “No,” and asking for help! So what does...Read More »

Tweet I’m fairly certain no one wakes up one morning and says, “I want to be the worst employee at my place of business today.” Or grows up to have a dream to “ find a place of employment where I can really decrease productivity and bring the team down.” People inherently want to...Read More »

Tweet Goal setting is a worthwhile and necessary function on the road to success. But over-striving to meet goals often results in more stress, and thus, the need to find ways to reduce it. When attempting to reduce goal-oriented stress, your friends at Dale Carnegie Training of North Dakota recommends first examining the goals you’ve set...Read More »